We must rationally assess the state of our nation

Have you ever heard a person who speaks only in the superlative? At any one time, they are either burning or freezing, wildly ecstatic or deeply depressed, having the best day of their lives, or the absolute worst. We would find such people ridiculous. And unbelievable. Why? Because it’s impossible to travel so quickly between two poles, without passing through a diverse topography of experiences and, therefore, emotions in between. People of superlatives speak as though human experiences are binary; as though they can be counted on two sides of a coin—and such volatile individuals are always a coin toss away from the best and the worst of things.

Well, public assessments of the present administration can often sound like this.